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Patent GB-2358769-A (GB)
Title: Communications Apparatus
Inventor: HOSHI YOSHIYUKI
IPC: H04B1/44
Filed: 2000-08-31
Abstract: According to the invention, a transmitter antenna selector switch (109) or a receiver antenna selector switch (111) is respectively connected between the first antenna (101a) and the second antenna (101b) and the transmitter (103) or the receiver (105). Transmission signals output from the transmitter (103) are supplied to either the first antenna (101a) or the second antenna (101b) in transmission, while reception signals are received from either the first antenna (101a) or the second antenna (101b) via the receiver antenna selector switch (111) in reception.
Patent GB-2367213-A (GB)
Title: Access authentication system
Inventor: MCCANN STEPHEN
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2000-09-22
Abstract: An access authentication system is provided for authenticating access for visitors to a wireless local area network (W-LAN), the operator of which administers a visitor authentication, authorisation and accounting (VAAA) server. A user requesting visiting access to the W-LAN, is required to have a valid cellular mobile account, a portable computing device with a browser and a valid W-LAN card from another operator that administers a home authentication, authorisation and accounting (HAAA) server. The user, on requesting visiting access to the W-LAN, inputs, via the VAAA server, identity information that enables the HAAA to issue a personal identification number (PIN) which is encoded and forwarded, preferably by way of a short message service (SMS), to the user's mobile telephone. This encoded PIN is transferred to the browser to authenticate the requested visiting access to the W-LAN, and the costs associated with such access are billed to the user's cellular mobile account; the requested access being achieved via the user's browser. The user may employ the browser to convey the identity information, via the W-LAN, to the VAAA. Alternatively, the user may call the VAAA on the mobile telephone to provide said identity information, in which case, the subject telephone call is preferably forwarded to the HAAA via a premium rate call unit.
Patent GB-2357361-A (GB)
Title: Passenger restraining protective apparatus
Inventor: AOKI HIROSHI
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 2000-10-05
Abstract: The apparatus detects the presence of a child seat being fixed on a vehicle seat, and prohibits deployment of an air bag even in the case of collision. A seat sensor 11 detects the value of a load applied on the seat, and a tension switch 13 detects tension applied on the seat belt and turns into the ON-state when the tension is in a certain range. An air bag actuation deciding section 35 determines whether it is in the state that the tension is below a lower threshold value and the tension switch 13 is in the ON-state and the seat belt is attached to the buckle, or in the state that the tension switch is in the OFF-state and the sum of the seat weight obtained from the seat sensor 11 and the increase of the weight due to the tension of the seat belt is not more than a prescribed weight. When collision sensor 14 detects a collision, a regulating control signal for the deployment of the air bag 2 corresponding to the determination is supplied to ignition unit 3. A failure diagnosis and alarm circuit 23 is also provided.
Patent GB-2368137-A (GB)
Title: Optic fibre splice storage apparatus with tube engagement device
Inventor: FOSS RAYMOND CHARLES
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2000-10-17
Abstract: An optical fibre splice storage apparatus comprises an enclosure having a cable entry port 22 which may be formed in a base portion 20 thereof and optionally at least one splice tray mounted within the enclosure. A device 10 is mounted to the base 20, axially of the through axis of the cable entry port 22, for engaging the ends of protective tubes 25 extending to the trays from the cable entry port 22. A cable 23 entering the enclosure through the cable entry port 22 is cut back to expose the optical fibres 24 therein, which are then fed to the trays through the protective tubes 25. The ends of the tubes 25 are securely mounted axially of the cable 23 The exposed fibres 24 may be protected by a shroud 18.
Patent GB-2360213-A (GB)
Title: Neuro-muscular magnetic stimulation coil and apparatus
Inventor: BARKER ANTHONY TREVOR
IPC: A61N2/04
Filed: 2000-11-01
Abstract: A stimulating coil for use in apparatus for the magnetic stimulation of neuro-muscular tissue comprises a coil winding 11 which has a first front broad side that is held adjacent a patient and a second back broad side that has disposed adjacent, a ferromagnetic back element 13. The ferromagnetic back is preferably of high permeability and high resistivity and may comprise compressed sintered iron powder. The ferromagnetic back acts (shown in figures 1 and 2) to provide a low reluctance path for the magnetic field at the back of the coil such that more of the driving energy is available in the field at the front of the coil causing an increased magnetic field strength in a patient's tissue.
Patent GB-2353578-A (GB)
Title: Fixing pulley wheels to plate-like structures
Inventor: MANGAPORA BOB
IPC: E05F11/48
Filed: 1999-05-07
Abstract: A stud (1) for mounting a pulley (2) to a plate (3) by a cold forming process has a large diameter head (5), a cylindrical shank (6) which acts as the stub shaft for the pulley (2), the end of the shank remote from the head being connected to a smaller diameter shank (7) via a shoulder (9) (which may include an annular groove (10) into which the plate (3) is deformed), and, beyond the smaller diameter shank, an e.g. threaded shaft (8). To resist rotation after the stud (1) is cold formed to the plate (3), the stud (1) has ribs or studs or flat facets on the shoulder or on the narrow shank (7) against which the plate is cold formed.
Patent GB-2358585-A (GB)
Title: Pesticidal composition also comprising a substance which tastes unpleasant to the animal to which the composition is to be applied
Inventor: THARRATT JOHN
IPC: A01N53/00
Filed: 2000-11-13
Abstract: A pesticidal composition for application to an animal (particularly a cat, a dog, a hamster or a guinea pig) comprises a pesticide and a substance which tastes unpleasant to the animal to which it is applied. The pesticidal composition may be provided as a liquid or spray product and may be incorporated into a collar device. The pesticide is preferably an insecticide (eg a pyrethroid, such as permethrin). The unpleasant-tasting substance may have a bitter taste and is preferably denatonium benzoate. The composition may be used in the treatment of fleas. The unpleasant-tasting substance deters an animal from grooming itself, through which process the pesticide would be ingested and cause harm if the animal's metabolism is unable to cope with the pesticide.
Patent GB-2369490-A (GB)
Title: Prevention of wafer distortion when annealing thin films
Inventor: OUELLET LUC
IPC: G02B6/12
Filed: 2000-11-25
Abstract: Silica films (3,5) having the same thermal expansion coefficients are applied to the front and back surfaces of a silicon wafer. The opposing films tend to cancel out any stress induced warping of the wafer during annealing caused by a mismatch of the thermal expansion coefficients of the wafer and the thin film. A temporary film 2 may be formed on the front wafer surface before forming the stress cancelling silica film on the back surface, and is removed before forming the farther films 4 and 5 on the front surface. The temporary film protects the front surface of the wafer during processing prior to forming the device layers on the front surface of the wafer. The invention may be applied to the manufacture of optical multiplexers, photonics devices, MEMS devices, multi-chip modules, and semiconductor devices.
Patent GB-2359411-A (GB)
Title: A cable connector for a high performance standard disc drive having smaller than standard discs
Inventor: FORBORD KENT J
IPC: G11B5/48
Filed: 1998-06-25
Abstract: A magnetic disc drive assembly comprises a disc drive housing having an external three-dimensional configuration matching a standard configuration. A disc drive (100) is supported in the housing (102) and includes a stack of rotatable rigid magnetic recording discs (104) in a unique configuration wherein each disc has a diameter smaller than the diameter or rigid discs ordinarily contained in a disc drive housing having the standard configuration. Optionally, the stack of discs includes a number of discs greater than that normally housed in a disc drive housing having the standard configuration. Various techniques are employed to achieve the unique disc configuration, including a stop mechanism (151, 152, 153, 154) attached to the yoke of an E-block assembly (142), a conductor assembly (214) electrically connecting transducers (144) on the E-block to a flex circuit (172, 220) and employing fins (218) supported in slots (204) in the E-block, a cable connector (130) mounted to a circuit board (131) supported on the disc drive housing and having a connector housing (300) having a surface (312) conforming to a curved edge portion (111) of the disc drive housing, and a desiccant housing (186) providing structural support for the disc drive housing.
Patent GB-2376719-A (GB)
Title: Engine with two wave barrel cam having dwell periods between rise and return and return and rise profiles
Inventor: FLINT MARTIN LEONARD STANLEY
IPC: F01B3/04
Filed: 2001-04-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a Two Wave Barrel Cam profile of a Two Cycle Double Acting Barrel Cam Engine of the Hermann type. Whereby, the normal rise-return-rise-return barrel cam arrangement is modified to a rise-dwell-return-dwell-rise-dwell-return cam profile (See Fig. 4). Pistons connected to the cam follower, can dwell for a longer period of time at top dead centre (TDC) and bottom dead centre (BDC). This arrangement provides an increased duration of constant volume combustion, than a rod and crank mechanism at TDC for either Two or Four cycle engine types. This arrangement also increases the period of time at BDC, thereby increasing the inlet port area opening period. Conveniently, this longer dwell duration at BDC, achieves more inlet port area than is required. This can be corrected for adequate inlet air flow into the cylinder by reducing the height of the port. This advantage allows a later exhaust port opening and closing, providing a greater expansion stroke and improved thermal efficiency.
Patent GB-2363274-A (GB)
Title: Spatial scalable moving picture encoding method
Inventor: WIEN MATHIAS
IPC: H04N19/63
Filed: 2001-05-04
Abstract: Spatial scalable encoding of a moving picture (e.g. video) is achieved by performing motion estimation (<B>ME</B>) for an image of increased resolution. The high resolution image is based on interpolated versions of a current picture signal and a previously determined or transmitted reference picture signal. Transmission of displacement vectors for the image of increased resolution is therefore unnecessary, allowing the entire data rate to be used for encoding the prediction error.
Patent GB-2360307-A (GB)
Title: A method of installing components in a downhole apparatus, and apparatus obtained thereby
Inventor: HIRON STEPHANE
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 1999-11-09
Abstract: In downhole apparatus for an oil well, components (26) are installed in tubes (28) received in a space defined between an outer case (20) and an inner length of cylindrical production column (24) that is eccentric relative to the case (20). Each tube (28) is fixed at one end to an interconnection box (30) that is also received in said space, and that has electrical conductors passing therethrough. The tubes (28) are fixed to the box (30) by welding, and the ends of the tubes remote from the box are closed by plugs that are welded on.
Patent GB-2376047-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injector with a protectively coated tip
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
IPC: F01N5/02
Filed: 2001-05-31
Abstract: A fuel injector 1 has a fuel injector tip 5 with an external surface that is coated with a protective layer and has one or more outwardly flaring fuel delivery nozzles 8 provided in the surface. The coating may be chromium and electroplated, and may cover substantially the entire external surface of the fuel injector tip 5. The fuel delivery nozzles 8 may flare conically outwards. The fuel used may be a dense and viscous petroleum oil, animal or vegetable oils, alcohol, or solvent fuel.
Patent GB-2376484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to steerable downhole tools
Inventor: SWIETLIK GEORGE
IPC: E21B7/08
Filed: 2001-06-12
Abstract: A downhole tool comprises a joint and a resilient member 65 which extends through the joint and provides a restoring force which tends to straighten the joint. The joint may comprise a flex coupling [61, figure 12] such as a loose splined connection 62 which allows limited articulation of the joint. The downhole tool may further comprise a first drill string section 63 and a second drill string section 64, the first and second drill string sections 63, 64 being interconnected by the joint, the resilient member 65 being bonded, bolted or otherwise fixed to interior surfaces of the first and second drill string sections 63, 64. The resilient member 5 preferably comprises a fluid tight tube which is sealed to the interior surface of the first and second drill string sections 63, 64. A further downhole tool comprises primary and secondary sleeves 4, 6 which are supported for rotation relative to the mandrel 10 of the drill string, a series of gear wheels 30 being provided to transfer rotational drive from one of the sleeves to the other. The primary sleeve 4 may be a drill string stabiliser and may be mounted on the mandrel 10 eccentrically relative to a rotational axis of the mandrel 10.
Patent GB-2367985-A (GB)
Title: Mobile communication system and gateway selection method
Inventor: TOMOIKE HIROYUKI
IPC: H04W4/00
Filed: 2001-06-21
Abstract: A mobile communication network 21 is connected to a second network such as the Internet 20 via a plurality of gateways 18-1...18-n. The load is distributed among the gateways to minimise delays. Data requested by a mobile terminal is retrieved by a gateway from a contents server and the format converted according to restrictions on resources of the mobile terminal. The load imposed on the gateway processes is measured and the measured load data stored at a service control point (SCP) 16. In response to a request from a mobile terminal a gateway is selected by the SCP according to the stored load data. Load data may be transmitted from the gateways periodically or when a predetermined threshold is exceeded.
Patent GB-2379217-A (GB)
Title: Halogen exchange reactions
Inventor: ATKINSON BRIAN
IPC: C07C277/08
Filed: 2001-08-31
Abstract: An essentially anhydrous agitated mixture of (i) finely-divided essentially anhydrous alkali metal fluoride (e.g., KF), (ii) haloaromatic compound having at least one halogen atom of atomic number greater than 9 on an aromatic ring (e.g., C<SB>6</SB>Cl<SB>6</SB>), and (iii) an organo guanidinium salt catalyst (e.g., [(Et<SB>2</SB>N)<SB>2</SB>CNEt<SB>2</SB>]Br), is heated at a temperature at which fluorine replaces one or more of the ring halogen atoms of the haloaromatic compound. A monovalent organo guanidinium salt is produced by mixing together at least one halohydrocarbon, inorganic base and unsubstituted guanidine salt. A divalent organo guanidinium salt is produced by mixing together a first halohydrocarbon, an inorganic base and a salt of unsubstituted guanidine; mixing a second halohydrocarbon (a dihalohydrocarbon) with the obtained mixture; and mixing a third halohydrocarbon with the product.
Patent GB-2369041-A (GB)
Title: Console screen mounting in a glass inspection machine
Inventor: CLAYPOOL MARK P
IPC: G01B21/10
Filed: 2001-10-23
Abstract: A console assembly 20 for a glass container inspection machine 10 comprises a pair of housings 30,32, the latter attached to the machine. The housings are releasably connected at their tops with housing 30 hinged at 34 to the base of housing 32 so as to swing away from it. The housings enclose a console unit 38 with screen 57, which is pivoted at 40 to housing 32, slidably connected to housing 30 by pins 46 moving in grooves 48 in its sidewalls 50, and connected to a pneumatic cylinder 54 which urges the unit upwards. In the closed position screen 57 faces forward for viewing through window 59. When open, as shown, the unit moves upwardly. One side of housing 32 may be pivoted to the machine (Fig 4) to allow internal access.
Patent GB-2383660-A (GB)
Title: System for graphic/text messaging
Inventor: BEARDOW PAUL ROWLAND
IPC: G06F3/0481
Filed: 2001-11-02
Abstract: Apparatus (10) for generating text messages comprises means for selecting, from a library, a sequence of text images (22) to form a message, each text image having associated therewith a sequence of characters, means to concatenate the characters to form a text message, and means (12, 14, 16, 18) to send the text message to a selected recipient (20). Apparatus for receiving and viewing text messages comprises means (10) to receive a string of characters, successively comparing the characters in the string with each of a stored array of groups of characters to seek any match therebetween, where each group of characters has, associated therewith, a respective image (22), and means successively to display the string of characters and the associated image together.
Patent GB-2371059-A (GB)
Title: Fire resistant panel
Inventor: WALDEN EDWARD
IPC: F16B5/00
Filed: 2001-11-12
Abstract: A fire resistant panel comprises a metal layer 72 a, b, adhesive on the metal, a mechanical interlocking layer on the adhesive and a fire resistant foam on the interlocking layer. The metal may be steel, the foam phenolic resin, and the interlocking layer glass fibre or fabric; the panel is made by putting two sheets above and below a mould and foaming the resin into the mould; the sheets may be made on a conveyor system (Fig 1, not shown), and the formed panels may have return bends in the steel to receive fasteners 86a, 89 down holes which are then capped. The panels may be used in walls, ceilings or fire doors.
Patent GB-2375171-A (GB)
Title: Method for detecting protein kinase activity using a bioluminescence reaction
Inventor: SLATER KEVIN JOHN
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: A method for measuring protein kinase activity is described, said method comprising: <SL> <LI>(a) providing a first solution comprising ATP and a protein kinase to be tested, and a second solution comprising ATP in the absence of said kinase to be tested; <LI>(b) adding a substrate capable of being phosphorylated by the protein kinase to be tested to the first and second solutions of step (a); <LI>(c) measuring the concentration of ATP and/or ADP, or the rate of change thereof with respect to time, in each of the reaction mixtures formed in step (b) using a bioluminescence reaction; and <LI>(d) using the information about the concentration of ATP and/or ADP to determine the activity of the protein kinase to be tested. </SL> A particular advantage of the method is that it provides a test which is not specific for a single protein kinase or its substrate.
Patent GB-2386981-A (GB)
Title: Combined computer system unit and plant pot
Inventor: GANG QIN
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2002-03-28
Abstract: The application relates to a fully working computer system unit combined with a plant pot. All the components of the computer system are protected from the earth and plants by a waterproof material. The plant pot may contain real earth and live plants which are visible whilst using the computer. Water in the soil may be used to cool the computer components.
Patent GB-2377867-A (GB)
Title: A 2/3 rate binary convolutional encoder
Inventor: O'FARRELL TIMOTHY
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2002-04-09
Abstract: A method of performing forward error correction in a data communication system comprises using 64 state trellis, rate 2/3, binary convolutional codes (BCC). The input bit stream is convolutionally encoded in a BCC rate 2/3 encoder, with the resulting 3-bit BCC codewords being further encoded by mapping onto an 8-QAM Gray code. Decoding comprises an 8-QAM decoding followed by convolutional decoding, <I>eg</I>. Viterbi decoding. The convolutional encoder has two shift registers fed with respective bits from input data bit pairs <I>b<SB>0</SB>, b<SB>1</SB></I> and generating output bit triplets <I>c<SB>0</SB>, c<SB>1</SB></I> and <I>c<SB>2</SB></I>, using a generator polynomial<BR> <BR> G<I>(D)</I> = [<I>D<SP>3</SP></I> + <I>D<SP>2</SP></I>, <I>D<SP>2</SP></I> + 1, <I>D<SP>3</SP></I> + <I>D<SP>2</SP></I> + 1; <I>D<SP>3</SP></I> + <I>D</I> + 1, <I>D<SP>3</SP></I> + <I>D<SP>2</SP></I> + <I>D</I> + 1, 1]<BR> <BR> which can be written in octal form as [14 05 15 ; 13 17 01]. An alternative circuit is represented by [14 04 15 ; 13 17 01] (fig. 3). This coding circuit has been found to provide a large coding gain with low complexity.
Patent GB-2377490-A (GB)
Title: Using a gamma-gamma density instrument to determine wellbore diameter and shape
Inventor: ELLIS DARWIN V
IPC: G01V5/12
Filed: 2002-04-17
Abstract: A logging-while-drilling tool 100 comprises a gamma source 106 and short and long gamma detectors 108, 110. The LWD tool is placed downhole in a deviated wellbore as part of a drill string. With the tool oriented so that the detectors are proximate the bottom of the wellbore, a formation density measurement is made. Further measurements are made with detectors at a second rotary orientation, such that, when the density of drilling fluid in the well is known, standoff at the second orientation can be measured and the wellbore's diameter determined. The further measurements may be made by rotating the tool such that the same detectors are in the second orientation, or by having multiple detectors around the tool at each required orientation. The bottom of the wellbore can be determined using measurements of orthogonal components of the earth's gravitational and magnetic fields taken by magnetometers 201, 202 and accelerometers 208. By taking measurements at different orientations and at different points along the wellbore, the shape of the wellbore can be determined, and an image of the shape constructed by a computer.
Patent GB-2387902-A (GB)
Title: Spore trap
Inventor: WILI BRYAN GRANVILLE
IPC: G01N1/22
Filed: 2002-04-23
Abstract: A spore trap 1 e.g. for fungal spores or pollen capture, has a rotatable sampling chamber 2 connected a to a wind vane 3 and includes a fan unit for intake of air samples through an orifice nozzle 5. Housed within the chamber is a motor driven spore sample collector to receive and collect spore intake via the nozzle over a selected time period. Typically the collector is in the form of an adhesive coated disc disposed in a plane orthogonal to the direction of incoming air and also the fan unit freely rotates with the chamber in response to the movement of the vane. A plurality of traps may be in an array and powered by a solar panel. The trap may be on a tripod 7.
Patent GB-2376865-A (GB)
Title: Birdhouse with deployable fledgling board
Inventor: BETTE JAMES ROBERT
IPC: A01K31/14
Filed: 2002-06-24
Abstract: The birdhouse comprises a fledgling board (12) or platform which is deployed just below the entrance hole (16) in order to provide an exercise area for the young birds so that they may test their legs and wings just prior to taking their first flight. The platform 12 can be pivoted about hinge 15 so that it lies flat against the front of the birdhouse (Fig 1). The platform can also be deployed in a roughly horizontal position when it is retained by retainer 17.